Comparative efficacy of enrofloxacin, oxytetracycline, and sulfadimethoxine for the control of morbidity and mortality caused by escherichia coli in broiler chickens

Avian Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 658-662

  Glisson, John R ^a   Hofacre, Charles L ^a   Mathis, Greg F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Southern Poultry Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Enrofloxacin; Escherichia coli; Mortality; Oxytetracycline; Sulfadimethoxine

Indexed keywords

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENROFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFADIMETHOXINE;

AIR SAC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AIR SACS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; OXYTETRACYCLINE; POULTRY DISEASES; QUINOLONES; SULFADIMETHOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13744253477     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7166     Document Type: Article

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